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JACOB P. I-IOLTZI-IOUSER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THESTANLEY WORKS, 015 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OFCONNECTICUT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. gt, limit.

Application filed September 22, 1914. Serial N 0. 863,008.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAooB P. I-IoL'rz- I-IOUSER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford andState of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Mops, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an article of the characterdescribed having features of a novelty and advantage. The inventionrelates particularly to the socket connection between the handle and themop frame.

In the drawings- Figure l is a side view of an embodiment of myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the holder plate.

Referring to the drawings, a denotes the mop frame, 6 the handle, 0 theconnector to which the handle is secured and which is itself attached tothe mop frame, this invention being concerned with the method ofattachment.

Secured to the mop frame is the holder plate 2 which has two spacedslots 3, the metal between these slots being upset on one side of theplate as indicated at 4c, and the metal at the outside of the slotsbeing upset on the other side of the plate as indicated at 5, formingwhat is in efi'ect a transverse. socket formed as to its central portionby upsetting the metal to one side of the plate, and as to its endportions by upsetting the metal at the opposite side of the plate. Theconnector 0 has arms 6 which fit into the slots 3 in the holder plate 2,and these arms are apertured to receive the pin 7, which fits in thesocket in the holder plate passing through the apertures in the arms 6and connecting the connector 0 to the holder plate. As seen at 8 inFigs. 1 and 8 the pin 7 is connected with the arms 6 to move with themand as the pin has a rather tight bearing in the socket there is thusprovided a frictional grip which holds the handle in any desiredposition of adjustment with respect to the mop frame. The front edges ofthe arms 6 are notched as at 9 to allow of sufficient movement of thehandle with respect to the frame and constitute a stop to limit themovement of the handle. The rear edges 10 of the arms 6 also form a stopto limit the movement of the handle in the other direction.

By this invention there is provided an extremely simple method ofconnecting the handle with the mop and providing for an efiicientfrictional adjustment of the handle with respect to the frame.

I claim as my invention 1. In the device of the character described thecombination with the mop frame and the handle, of a holder plate securedto the mop frame, a connector to receive the handle, a transverse socketin said holder plate, a pin rotatable in but frictionally gripped bysaid socket, and means for securing said connector to said pin to causethe pin to move with the connector.

2. In the device of the character described the combination with theframe and the handle, of a holder plate secured to the frame, andprovided wlth spaced slots, a socket formed transversely of said holderplate by upsetting the metal between and outside of said slots, onopposite sides of said plate, a connector provided with arms extendingthrough said slots, and a pin fitting in and frictionally gripped bysaid socket, and passing through and connected to said arms for movementtherewith.

3. In a device of the character clescribed, the combination with a mopframe and the handle, of a holder plate secured to the mop frame, andprovided with spaced slots, an offset formed in the metal and at oneside of said holder plate between said slots, offsets formed in themetal of said holder plate outside of said slots and at the oppositeside thereof from said first mentioned offset, the opposed offsetsforming a topics of this patent a. he obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the @omsaioner of lt'atcntn, Washington, n. B.

